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Pleuronectes flesus Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

154467 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154467)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Pleuronectes flesus Linnaeus, 1758

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Subspecies Pleuronectes flesus baltica Suvorov, 1925 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Pleuronectes flesus caninensis Suvorov, 1929 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Pleuronectes flesus leiurus Duncker, 1892 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Pleuronectes flesus luscus Pallas, 1814 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Pleuronectes flesus septentrionalis Surorov, 1925 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Pleuronectes flesus septentrionalis Berg, 1932 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Subspecies Pleuronectes flesus trachurus Duncker, 1892 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Pleuronectes flesus bogdanovi Sandeberg (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 270 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pleuronectes flesus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154467 on 2025-04-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-18 08:19:08Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 270 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Exadactylos, A.; Thorpe, J.P. (2001). Allozyme variation and genetic inter-relationships between seven flatfish species (Pleuronectiformes). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 132(4): 487-499 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

context source (Schelde) Breine, J.; Van Thuyne, G. (2015). Opvolging van het visbestand in de Zeeschelde: Viscampagnes 2014. Rapport van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, INBO.R. 2015.6977363. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek: Brussel. 65 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]